Austin Beauty and Salons
Austin Beauty Guide
With the laid back attitude of the city, it’s easy to take one's appearance for granted, but occasionally it’s nice to spice it up a bit, which is where the expert Austin hair salons and beauty salons come to the rescue.
An Austin fixture since 1991, Maximum FX first gained notice on the local style scene when they began holding shows at downtown clubs. Originally located on Guadalupe, the shop now wows clients with two salons, on South Congress and in Escarpment Village. Their service begins with an invigorating scalp massage and a pre-cut consultation. Nail, skin care, and makeup services are also offered. Located on North Lamar, Jackson Ruiz Salon promises to “reinvent” its clients with such services as basic makeup application, a special makeup makeover, and free makeup consultation and “finishing touch”. The salon has appeared in the pages of Vogue, Glamour, and Harper’s Bazaar. At the other end of Lamar, the Topaz Salon keeps things simple, yet hip at their trendy shop; this means their clients get a beer or a mimosa and an iPad to play with while they wait. Topaz staff and clients skew toward the younger end of the spectrum, which means there might be some eye-catching dye jobs or a slick retro rockabilly style leaving the shop.
Although the Austin sun can do a pretty good job of tanning, there is always the possibility of getting burned while being outside. For a tan without the burn, try Hush Hush Tan on Sixth Street (they bronze up the Capital City Dancers), Austin Tanning which offers four levels of tanning, and Bronzen Austin which offers airbrush tanning as a health-conscious alternative. Austin Tanning and Bronzen Tanning both have several locations. Whether it’s a special occasion or “just because”, the beauty, tanning and hair salons in Austin help transform people into the best they can be.
Beauty Deals
MySkincare Boutique
- Brentwood
Radio frequency waves penetrate complexions & encourage collagen growth via gentle heat to even out wrinkles & texture with zero downtime
Active Life Wellness and Health Care Center
- South Lamar
At new location, guests get massage and BioMat treatment, whose far-infrared rays, negative ions, and amethyst crystals can promote healing
The Laser Therapy Clinic Of Austin
- Westgate
The Candela GentleLase system targets, heats, and disables hair follicles during sessions that last 5–60 minutes, depending on the area
Skin Zen Spa
- Arboretum Crossings
An Eastern massage technique during which therapists manipulate pressure points in the feet believed to dispel tension throughout the body
Recommended Beauty by Groupon Customers
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At Trisha Leslie Skincare, all it takes to shrink wrinkles is a light. The LED pulsed light used during Revitalight light therapy shines over the skin in a polychromatic sequence, sending rays of various wavelengths deep into the skin. These rays heat the skin not only to impart it with a fresh glow, but also to expand cells so that they fill fine lines and leave the skin looking smoother. The Revitalight treatment represents many of the skincare options offered at Trisha Leslie, though the staff blends both these high-tech tools and basic techniques to help rejuvenate the skin. The oxygen facial mists the skin in its namesake element, and the LamProbe eliminates surface imperfections, such as whiteheads, broken capillaries, and the barcodes that your parents forgot to remove when they bought you. An all-natural tint made of vegetables helps darken eyelashes. The staff also specializes in exfoliating chemical peels, men’s skincare, makeup applications, and waxing.
Melody Lasseter wields brushes and sponges like any other artist, but rather than paper or a famous chapel’s coatroom, her canvas is the human body. As the manicurist behind Gemini Nails and Makeup, she paints nails and rouges cheeks to prepare clients for casual nights out or special occasions. She finishes manicures and pedicures with enduring polish in one of 36 shellac polishes and 42 gel OPI colors, or creates custom polish blends and patterns with traditional acrylic nail paints. Her make-up services employ a similar level of artistry, whether she’s beautifying a bride for her big day or applying imaginative color combinations and patterns for fashion shoots. Her work even took home first place in the 2010 Create Your Ultimate Face contest with a denim-textured blend of colors that elegantly engulfed a quarter of her model’s face.
Owner Samia named 3 Graces Skincare and Spa after the Greek goddesses of beauty, charm, and joy. A reproduction of Raphael's The Three Graces adorns the Mediterranean-themed haven, its figures hinting at the smooth skin and divine powers waiting behind the door of each treatment room. Between earth-toned walls, aestheticians conjure radiant skin through clinical skincare services. Permanent makeup indelibly fortifies features, lasers remove body hair and spider veins, and pharmaceutical-grade facials reverse signs of aging.
Not far from Lakeway in Bee Cave, bellezza sports more than a dozen specialized salon staffers—each a master of hair, skin, or demolitions—and two massage therapists committed to the full satisfaction of every client. Let bellezza's beauty dispensers deep clean and exfoliate frazzled façade during a classic European Yon-Ka facial, before treating scalps, necks, shoulders, arms, and hands to a tension-taming massage. Then Bellezza's well-handed massage therapists will let the rest of your body in on the TLC with a 60-minute massage, during which they'll handily dispatch your stubborn, stuck-in stress using long, kneading strokes, gentle pressure, and random shouts of "Relax!"
